1988 Individual Speedway World Championship

1988 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship was held at the Vojens Speedway Center, owned by former World Champion Ole Olsen. Despite the country having won seven World Individual Championships between three riders since 1971 (Olsen, Erik Gundersen and Hans Nielsen), it was the first time Denmark hosted the World Final.

Overseas Series

New Zealand Qualification

First 3 from New Zealand final to Commonwealth final

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
South Island Final
??	Nelson Speedway	Larry Ross	??	??
North Island Final
??	Kihikihi Speedway	Gary Allan	??	??
New Zealand Final
??	Ruapuna Speedway	Larry Ross	David Bargh	Gary Allan

Australian Qualification

First 3 from Australian final to Commonwealth final

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Northern Territory Championship
??	Arunga Park Speedway	Jamie Fagg	??	??
Victorian Championship
??	Olympic Park Speedway	Phil Crump	Leigh Adams	??
New South Wales Championship
??	Newcastle Motordrome	Steven Davies	??	??
South Australian Championship
??	Riverview Speedway	Craig Hodgson	Mark Fiora	??
Queensland Championship
??	Rockhampton Showground	Steve Regeling	Troy Butler	??
Western Australian Championship
??	Claremont Speedway	Rob Woffinden*	Glenn Doyle	??
Australian Championship Final
??	Riverview Speedway	Phil Crump	Steve Regeling	Craig Hodgson

* Due to the rules, England's Rob Woffinden did not progress to the Australian Championship

Danish Final

May 8
Outrup, Outrup Speedway
First 7 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	15
2	Jan O. Pedersen	14
3	Erik Gundersen	13
4	Peter Ravn	10
5	Peter Glanz	9
6	Per Sörensen	9
7	John Jørgensen	8+3
8	Tommy Knudsen	8+2
9	Jan Stæchmann	7
10	Frank Andersen	6
11	John Eskildsen	6
12	Flemming Pedersen	6
13	Sam Nikolajsen	5
14	Aksel Jepsen	4
15	Jan Petersen	0
16	Finn-Rune Jensen	0

Swedish Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
7 May	Huddinge	Tony Olsson	Peter Karlsson	Conny Ivarsson
7 May	Gislaved	Claes Ivarsson	Jan Andersson	Bo Arrhén
Final
17 May	Malmö	Christer Rohlén	Conny Ivarsson	Mikael Blixt
18 May	Norrköping	Peter Nahlin	Conny Ivarsson	Mikael Blixt
19 May	Hallstavik	Conny Ivarsson	Peter Nahlin	Mikael Blixt

Swedish Final

May 17, 18 & 19, 1988
SWE - 3 Rounds (Malmö, Norrköping & Hallstavik)
First 3 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
Per Jonsson and Jimmy Nilsen seeded to Nordic Final

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Conny Ivarsson	12+13+14	39
2	Peter Nahlin	11+14+13	38
3	Mikael Blixt	12+13+13	38
4	Christer Rohlén	14+10+9	33
5	Tony Olsson	9+12+10	31
6	Mikael Ritterwall	8+3+12	23
7	Peter Karlsson	8+8+7	23
8	Kenneth Nyström	10+9+4	23
9	Mikael Teurnberg	4+8+8	20
10	Dennis Löfqvist	7+8+4	19
11	Claes Ivarsson	6+8+4	18
12	Bo Arréhn	4+6+7	17
13	Tommy Nilsson	3+5+2	10
14	Tony Gudbrand	ns+ns+8	8
15	Roland Dannö	4+2+ns	6
16	Tony Zetterström (Res)	3+ns+3	6
17	Patrik Karlsson	5+0+ns	5
18	Krister Gardell (Res)	ns+0+1	1

British Final

May 22
Coventry, Brandon Stadium
First 9 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Simon Wigg	14
2	Kelvin Tatum	13
3	Chris Morton	11+3
4	Simon Cross	11+2
5	Neil Evitts	10
6	Richard Knight	10
7	John Davis	9
8	Marvyn Cox	8
9	Andy Smith	8
10	Steve Schofield	6+3
11	Andrew Silver	6+2
12	Neil Collins	5
13	Jeremy Doncaster	4
14	Andy Galvin	3
15	Sean Wilson	3
16	Gary Havelock	0

Nordic Final

June 5
Sandnes, Sandnes Stadion
First 7 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	15
2	Erik Gundersen	13
3	Jan O. Pedersen	12
4	Per Jonsson	11
5	Peter Ravn	11
6	John Jørgensen	10
7	Conny Ivarsson	8+2
8	Ingvar Skogland	8+1
9	Jimmy Nilsen	7
10	Peter Nahlin	6
11	Peter Glanz	5
12	Kai Niemi	4
13	Tor Einar Hielm	3
14	Per Sörensen	3
15	Mikael Blixt	2
16	Ari Koponen	1
17	Christer Rohlén (Res)	0
18	Arnt Førland (Res)	0

American Final

June 11
Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium
First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Sam Ermolenko	20
2	Robert Pfetzing	17+3
3	Rick Miller	17+2
4	Mike Faria	15
5	Bobby Schwartz	14
6	Shawn Moran	13
7	Ronnie Correy	12
8	Kelly Moran	11
9	Randy Green	11
10	Steve Lucero	10
11	Ed Castro	10
12	Lance King	9
13	Brad Oxley	9
14	Shawn Venables	8
15	Dub Ferrell	7
16	Bart Bast	6
17	Billy Hamill	3
18	Gary Hicks	2
19	Scotty Brown (Res)	2
20	Alan Christian	1
21	Len Dillon	1

Commonwealth Final

June 12
King's Lynn, Norfolk Arena
First 11 to Overseas Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Kelvin Tatum	14
2	Mitch Shirra	13
3	Simon Wigg	12
4	John Davis	11
5	Simon Cross	9
6	Chris Morton	9
7	Neil Evitts	8
8	Andy Smith	8
9	Richard Knight	7
10	Craig Hodgson	7
11	Marvyn Cox	7
12	Mark Fiora	5
13	David Bargh	3
14	Steve Baker	3
15	Steve Regeling	3
16	Mark Lyndon	1

Overseas Final

July 12
Coventry, Brandon Stadium
First 9 to Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Simon Cross	13+3
2	Kelvin Tatum	13+2
3	Simon Wigg	13+1
4	Chris Morton	12
5	Marvyn Cox	10
6	Mitch Shirra	10
7	Richard Knight	8
8	Sam Ermolenko	8
9	John Davis	7
10	Andy Smith	6+3
11	Mike Faria	6+2
12	Robert Pfetzing	5
13	Rick Miller	4
14	Bobby Schwartz	3
15	Neil Evitts	3
16	Craig Hodgson	0

Intercontinental Final

August 6
Vetlanda, Vetlanda Speedway
First 11 to the World Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Jan O. Pedersen	14
2	Hans Nielsen	12+3
3	Erik Gundersen	12+2
4	Per Jonsson	12+1
5	Kelvin Tatum	11
6	Conny Ivarsson	9
7	Chris Morton	8
8	John Davis	8
9	John Jørgensen	7
10	Simon Wigg	7
11	Sam Ermolenko	7
12	Simon Cross	5
13	Peter Ravn	3
14	Mitch Shirra	2
15	Marvyn Cox	2
16	Richard Knight	1

Continental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
7 May	Ostrów Wielkopolski	Miroslaw Korbel	Ryszard Dolomiesewicz	Valery Gordeev
7 May	Natschbach-Loipersbach	Paolo Salvatelli	Heinrich Sczatzer	Zoltan Hajdu
8 May	Ljubljana	Joszef Petrikovics	Janosh Bologh	Nikolai Manev
8 May	Neunkrick	Viktor Kuznetsow	Henny Kroeze	Lubomir Jedek
Quarter-Finals
22 May	Norden	Antal Kocso	Paolo Salvatelli	Gerd Riss
5 June	Lonigo	Viktor Kuznetsow	Armando dal Chiele	Roman Jankowski
5 June	Rivne	Antonín Kasper, Jr.	Zoltán Adorján	Petr Vandirek
5 June	Žarnovica	Roman Matoušek	Klaus Freundorfer	Miroslaw Korbel
Semi-Finals
18 June	Rzeszow	Roman Matoušek	Zenon Kasprzak	Roman Jankowski
18 June	Miskolc	Gerd Riss	Sándor Tihanyi	Antal Kocso
Final
16 August	Leszno	Zenon Kasprzak	Antal Kocso	Roman Jankowski

Continental Final

August 16, 1988
Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22
	(15) Zenon Kasprzak	14				3			3			3						2	3				14	1
	(10) Antal Kocso	13			3			3						2			3		2				13	2
	(3) Roman Jankowski	12	3						2				3				2				2		12	3		3
4	(2) Roman Matoušek	12	2					2				2				3				3			12	4		2
5	(9) Sándor Tihanyi	11			2		2						2					3		2			11	5	3
6	(13) Andrzej Huszcza	11				2	3							3		2					1		11	6	2
7	(6) Gerd Riss	9		3				0			2							1			3		9	7
8	(4) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	8	1							3				1				0				3	8	8
9	(5) Paolo Salvatelli	6		2			F					1					1					2	6	9
10	(8) Dariusz Stenka	5		1						2			0			1			1				5	10
11	(7) Lubomir Jedek	4		0					1					0	3					0			4	11
12	(11) Zoltán Adorján	3			X				0		3					X						0	3	12
13	(14) Ryszard Franczyszyn	3				1		1					1		F							-	3	13
14	(1) Janosh Bologh	3	0				1				1				1				0				3	14
15	(12) Zdenek Schneiderwind	2			X					0		0			2						0		2	15
16	(16) Miroslaw Korbel	2				0				1	F						0			1			2	16
R1	(R1) Armando Castagna	1																				1	1	R1
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

World Final

September 3, 1988
Vojens, Speedway Center

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(1) Erik Gundersen	14	3				3				3				3				2				14	1	3
	(9) Hans Nielsen	14			3		2						3					3		3			14	2	2
	(10) Jan O. Pedersen	13			2			2						3			3		3				13	3
4	(14) Sam Ermolenko	12				3		3					2		1							3	12	4
5	(12) Per Jonsson	9			X					3		1			2						3		9	5
6	(2) Simon Wigg	9	2					0				3				2				2			9	6
7	(13) Roman Matoušek	8				1	1							2		3					1		8	7
8	(16) Kelvin Tatum	8				2				2	1						2			1			8	8
9	(3) Conny Ivarsson	7	1						3				1				0				2		7	9
10	(5) Chris Morton	6		3			0					0					1					2	6	10
11	(11) Antal Kocso	6			1				2		2					0						1	6	11
12	(7) John Davis	3		2					1					F	E					0			3	12
13	(6) John Jørgensen	3		0				1			E							2			E		3	13
14	(15) Zenon Kasprzak	3				0			0			2						1	0				3	14
15	(8) Sándor Tihanyi	3		1						0			0			1			1				3	15
16	(4) Roman Jankowski	2	0							1				1				0				E	2	16
R1	(R1) Simon Cross	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Andrzej Huszcza	0																					0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

References

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